Former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Terry Bradshaw shares the distinction with Joe Montana of being one of only two quarterbacks to win four Super Bowls.

So when Bradshaw was on the platform for the post-game interviews after the NFC title game last Sunday, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson asked Bradshaw for some advice on playing in the Super Bowl.

“Hey, I’ve got a question for you. What do we need to do to win it that’s different. What do we need to do to win it? What makes you win it,’’ he said.

Bradshaw responded, “You know what. You’ve got to be really cool. Don’t let the moment catch up with you. You’ve got to play the game down. If you build it up, it’s so important that you’ll screw it up and you won’t play well. It’s not just another game, believe me. But you can make it one. Just be cool.’’

Wilson responded, “Yes, sir. Appreciate everything.’’

Wilson asking Bradshaw for advice on the Super Bowl moments after winning the NFC title game is an illustration of how poised he is in just his second year in the NFL.

Bradshaw was cool on the Super Bowl stage.

He played in four Super Bowls, won all four and threw touchdowns passes in the fourth quarter of all four of them. He twice outdueled another Hall of Fame quarterback, Roger Staubach, in Super Bowls X and XIII.

Bradshaw had such a great team around him – eight other Hall of Famers were on the Steeler team that is generally considered to be the best ever – that he isn’t usually mentioned among the top quarterbacks of all time. But the Steelers wouldn’t have won four Super Bowls without him.

Now Wilson has to show he can be cool on football’s biggest stage.

Another interesting sidelight is that the Broncos took the player they think will be their quarterback of the future, Brock Osweiler, on the second round of the 2012 draft before Seattle took Wilson on the third round.

If the Broncos had taken Wilson, he’d be on the sidelines in the Super Bowl and the Broncos would probably be playing San Francisco in the Super Bowl.

Now Wilson gets a chance to be the third quarterback in the last 13 years to win the Super Bowl in his second season. Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger also did it.